Phonograph-record holder



} -P. MORGAN. PHONOGRAPH RECORD HOLDER; APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, I920.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

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UNITED STATES" PATENT PHILIP MORGAN, or LINDSAY, ONTARIO, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lVIa 14, 1922.

Application filed June 10, 1926. serial no. 387,996.

accompanying drawings, that form part of the same.

The principal objects of thisinvention are, to facilitate the ha-ndling of phonograph records and to provide a form of holder which will keep the records in good condition and enable their being handled with ease and without'danger of marring same.

A still further object is to devise a holder which will have an extraordinary storage capacity for records.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the arrangement of a plurality of arms upon a pivotal support, said arms being adapted to carry the records and to be swung upon the support independently the one ofthe other. 0 V

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved record holder.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical elevational sectional View through a portion of the device.

The device consists of a bracket arm 1 which is here shown of tubular form and may be of any desirable shape to be attached to a cabinet or stand either rigidly or pivotally.

A shoulder 2 is formed upon the uprightportion 3 of the bracket arm and abuttmg this shoulder is a disc member 4 which is rotatable on the upright. This disc is provided with a reduced top extension 5 and rotatably mounted upon this extension is the disc holding arm 6. V

Discs i are placed upon the upright 3 one above the other each with the bottom face Each of the discs serted to extend through the entire arrangement of discs locking them from rotation in relation the one to the other. The upper end of the upright 3 is formed with a flattened side 9 and the central hole of the top disc is shaped to fit the flattened side so that it will be non-rotative on the upright, thus the whole column of discs will be held station ary.

A nut 10 is threaded upon the upper end of the upright holding the washer 11 against the top arm.

The arms 6 are formed of wood or metal as may be desired and are provided with the tubular pins 12 arranged centrally of the width adjacent to the outer ends. These FHQE. 1

pins project upwardly from each arm and form the centrepin for the record disc.

A suitable covering 13 of plush or other material is arranged on the top side of each arm to protect the disc and upon the underside of each arm is arranged a pad 14 of down through the said tubular pins when I they are arranged one above the other.

A holder such as described provides very desirable means for storing phonograph records in a manner to ensure their care and enables the discs being removed individually very readily without interference with the records not desired, as any one arm may be swun outwardly on its pivot to allow the record to be removed. The structure is extremely simple and can be produced at very low cost. I A

What I claim as my invention is 1. In aphonograph record holder, an up right arm, a plurality of discs mounted on said upright, each of said discs having a reduced circular axial extension, record holding arms rotatably moimted onthe reduced portions of said discs, and means for locking said discs together.

2. In a phonograph record holder, an upright arm, a plurality of discs mounted on 3. In a phonograph record holder, an upright arm, a plurality of flat arms rotatably mounted on said upright and spaced apart, each having a tubular pin extending upwardly therefrom adjacent to the outer end,

'and a locking pin adapted to be inserted through said tubular pins.

PHILIP MORGAN. 

